Documentation Required for Graduate School Awards, 2023-2024

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NOTE: Applications should be submitted to the department or college EARLIER so the department/college can meet the Graduate School deadline.

	NOMINATED BY DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM					STUDENT APPLIES
AWARDS REQUIREMENTS	Van Vleet	Morton Thesis/ Dissertation	Part-time Masters	Graduate Performance/ Art Purchase Awards**	Graduate Assistant Meritorious Teaching	UofM Society Awards	First Generation Ph.D*
Application/nomination deadline	February 17	March 13	May 17	February 15	March 13	March 13	March 21
Nomination or Application form	Nomination Form	Nomination form	Nomination form	Nomination form	Nomination form	Application form	Application form
Nomination letter	X	X	X	X	X
Additional letters of recommendation	2		2		2	2	2
Departmental documentation of under representation by gender or ethnicity
Departmental efforts at minority recruitment
Departmental documentation of STEM doctoral candidacy
Resident of the state of Tennessee
Student evaluations					X
Approved thesis/dissertation prospectus		X
Curriculum vitae	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Students personal statement	X		X		about teaching	X	X

^*Awards to department, based on their minority recruitment efforts and national under representation.
^**Available only to College of Communication and Fine Arts students.